[Watch] Divers Footage Reveals ‘Torn Apart’ Norwegian Frigate

The Norwegian military has released underwater footage of a warship that collided with an oil tanker and sank while returning from a NATO drill. Eerie Images The...

What’s This Rolling Device Providing Better Fuel Speed on Rough Seas?

Ships use many devices to increase their speed and efficiency while traversing over the rough seas. Here's a picture of one such rolling device...

16,000 Tonne Cargo Ship Runs Aground on Falmouth Beach

On December 17, a Russian cargo ship ran aground off the southern coast of England and was shortly refloated by the British Maritime and Coastguard...

Ships Infected with Ransomware, USB Malware, Worms

Ships are the victims of cyber-security incidents more often than people think says Catalin Cimpanu for ZDNet. Industry groups publish cyber-security guidelines to address...

Coal Cargo Are Liable to Liquefy and Have a Chemical...

  Coal cargoes liquefaction heavily affects shippers and hence there's a proper code for this. According to the IMSBC Code shippers should declare the...

10% of Global Container Ships and 40% New Builds has Scrubbers

Currently there are 266 boxships fitted with scrubbers, for an aggregate capacity of 2.2m teu, led by MSC with 46% of its operating...

Weekly Maritime Security Report 18 December 2018

Protection Vessels International in their latest report highlighted the present maritime situation of the world. Here we are reporting on that report. South East Asia  Indonesia:...

Alfa Laval GCU Preferred Choice for LNG New Builds, as Sales...

  The Alfa Laval Gas Combustion Unit (GCU) sold over 100 units of GCUs in 2018. Alfa Laval bought the technology from Snecma in...

EU Copernicus-backed Research Highlights Worrying Decline in Ocean Health

A comprehensive new report published as a supplement of the Journal of Operational Oceanography (JOO), one of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science &...

A Snapshot of Shipping Markets

Alibrashipping has published a list of important shipping news and activities that are of primary importance of shipowners this season. Here are the things...

Huge Cargo Ship Stranded in Storm Off the Yorkshire Coast Rescued

On December 15, a huge cargo vessel that beached on a sandbank after a power outage winched to safety. What happened? The cargo vessel 'Thea II' with...

[Watch] Cruise Ship Breaks From Mooring Lines

The Arcadia cruise ship ”broke her mooring lines during strong overnight winds” in the Dockyard, according to a video posted online by the Port Bermuda...

Tonnes of Lead-Zinc Concentrate Spilled Overboard for a Decade

Workers allege tonnes of lead-zinc concentrate have spilled into the Gulf Crew members said safety measures were inadequate to stop lead impacts The...

What Should an Effective 2020 Ship Implementation Plan Address?

In their  July 9, 2018, news JDSupra reported about  the International Maritime Organization Working Group meeting  held in London among Flag and Port State...

Carbon Fiber Composite Ship Propeller Saves Fuel

France’s Loiretech working on a collaborative project to create a carbon fiber based ship propeller. The project aimed to reduce environmental footprint and...

Containerships Receives its First LNG Powered Container Vessel

The company Containerships has welcomed its first LNG powered vessel. The vessel is identified to be the first newbuilds based on this technology to...

IMO 2020 Compliance Constraints

With only 13 months left, lot of uncertainty still around the new regulations and its impact. The US and other nations want a...

Crude and LNG Export Facilities Work to Solve Bottlenecks

Several recent big items of positive news relating to exports of oil and LNG along the Texas Gulf Coast might come just in time...

Saab to Improve The Safety and Efficiency of Shipping in Shanghai

Shanghai Port Awards Shipping Safety Contract to Saab, says a MarineLink article. VTMIS renewal Saab has received an order from the China Maritime Safety Administration to...

Extensive OCEAN SPA and Wellness Deck in Hapag Cruise

Hapag-Lloyd Cruises' philosophy for their new expedition ships is inspired by nature and their new line of cruise ship's HANSEATIC nature, HANSEATIC inspiration and HANSEATIC spirit. New line...